A relational approach to the study of interpersonal communication Close Encounters:
Communication in Relationships, Fifth Edition helps students better understand their …

One need only spend a few minutes in a high school, at the mall, or listening to popular
music to be reminded that romantic relationships are a defining feature of the adolescent …

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented families around the world with extraordinary
challenges related to physical and mental health, economic security, social support, and …

Violence between romantic partners is widespread, but developmental precursors of
perpetration and victimization are little understood. Among participants followed from birth to …

Developmental and clinical researchers have only just discovered the phenomenon of
adolescent romance as a topic of serious scientific inquiry. This discovery may be related to …

The SAGE Handbook of Conflict Communication: Integrating Theory, Research, and
Practice is the first resource to synthesize key theories, research, and practices of conflict …

This study examined the link between parental divorce and marital conflict and young adult
romantic relationships, and it tested whether offspring efficacy beliefs and conflict mediate …

Although previous research has examined the role of adult attachment orientations,
depressive symptoms, and conflict resolution behaviors (attacking and compromising) in …

The principal objective of this study was to analyse sibling relationships during adolescence,
within the context of parent and peer relationships, and their link with socioemotional …

What motives do people prioritize in their social lives? Historically, social psychologists,
especially those adopting an evolutionary perspective, have devoted a great deal of …